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Administration Guide 7-1
CHAPTER
7 Deploying
Applications
The following sections discuss installation and deployment of applications and
application components on WebLogic Server:
n Supported Formats for Deployment
n Using the Administration Console to Deploy Applications
n Updating Deployed Applications at Startup
n Auto-Deployment
Supported Formats for Deployment
J2EE applications can be deployed on WebLogic Servers either as an Enterprise
Application Archive (EAR) file or in exploded directory format.
However, if an application is deployed in exploded format, we recommend that no
component other than the Web application component should be in exploded format.
If the application is deployed in archived format, then we recommend that all of the
components of the application also be in archived format.
An archived component is either packaged as an EJB archive (JAR) file, a Web
Application Archive (WAR) file, or a Resource Adaptor Archive (RAR) file.
For more information about Web applications see Configuring WebLogic Server Web
Components.